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Chimeric Monkey Born Alive with a High Contribution of Donor Cells

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J.W. is a New York Stem Cell Foundation–Robertson Investigator and Virginia Murchison Linthicum Scholar in Medical Research. Research in the Wu laboratory is supported by the National Institutes of Health (UM1HG011996, R01HD103627, and R01GM138565), NYSCF, ARSM, and The Welch Foundation (I-2088).

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA

    Jia Huang & Jun Wu

  2. Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA

    Jun Wu

  3. Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA

    Jun Wu

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Huang, J., Wu, J. Chimeric Monkey Born Alive with a High Contribution of Donor Cells. Neurosci. Bull. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-024-01192-4

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